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Prosecuting doctors for malpractice, meanwhile, will become more complicated.

The two presidents spoke following the violent breakup of a protest by Azerbaijani labor migrants in Dagestan. Details of a possible diplomatic resolution of the situation have been scant, however.

His spokesman said the former president is still working remotely.

Last year, the TV host insulted Vladimir Putin in an obscene rant. Now, he says, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to kill him, and Georgian authorities seem to agree.

Abylgaziyev has insisted he has nothing to answer for.

The labor migrants are trying to return home after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions are rising, and a protest on the border has been violently broken up by Russian police.

Police announced almost two weeks after the fact that the officers responsible had been arrested.

Reported cases of domestic violence rose 65 percent year-on-year.

Until recently, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan had managed to stay in the government’s good graces. But then he started criticizing them more sharply, and now the authorities have unveiled several criminal cases against him.

The authorities have indicated some sensitivity to the public mood, announcing that they are investigating evidence of excessive use of force.